Esther Afua Ocloo was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending, a program of making small loans in order to stimulate businesses.
She was one of the founders of Women's World Banking in 1976, with Michaela Walsh and Ela Bhatt. Ocloo served as its first chair of trustees. She received the 1990
African Prize for Leadership and numerous other honors for her work on
behalf of economic empowerment of women and families. She was a member
of Unity Worldwide Ministries.
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